ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,517, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (South Korea).
"Nanophotonic sensor implants with 3D hybrid periodic-amorphous photonic crystals for wide-angle monitoring of long-term in-vivo intraocular pressure field" was invented by Radwanul Hasan Siddique (Monrovia, Calif.), Lukas H. Liedtke (San Jose, Calif.) and Hyuck Choo (Yongin-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A biosensor includes a periodic crystalline structure first layer, and an amorphous crystalline structure second layer. The first and second layers are formed from a biocompatible silicone having a Young's Modulus E between 0.4 and ...